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(Last update: April 2023)
Miriam Gerhard, Apostolos-Manuel Koussoroplis, Michael Raatz, Christian Pansch, Samuel B. Fey, Jahangir Vajedsamiei, Maria Calderó-Pascual, David Cunillera-Montcusí, Noël P.D. Juvigny-Khenafou, Francesco Polazzo, Patrick K. Thomas, Celia C. Symons, Meryem Beklioğlu, Stella A. Berger, Rosa M. Chefaoui, Kemal Ali Ger, Silke Langenheder, Jens C. Nejstgaard, Robert Ptacnik, Maren Striebel. Environmental variability in aquatic ecosystems: Avenues for future multifactorial experiments. 2022. Limnology and Oceanography Letters https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lol2.10286
Wesselmanne, M., Chefaoui, R.M.e, Marbà N., Serrão E.A., Duarte C.M. 2021. Warming threatens to propel the expansion of the exotic seagrass Halophila stipulacea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:759676. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.759676
Chefaoui, R.M.e, Serebryakova, A.e, Engelen, A.H., Viard, F., Serrão, E.A. 2019. Integrating reproductive phenology in ecological niche models changed the predicted future ranges of a marine invader. Diversity and Distributions 25:688-700 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ddi.12910
Chefaoui, R.M., Duarte, C.M., Tavares, A. I., Frade, D. G., Cheikh, M. S., Ba, M. A., Serrão, E. 2021. Predicted regime shift in the seagrass ecosystem of the Gulf of Arguin driven by climate change. Global Ecology and Conservation 32: e01890. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421004406?via%3Dihub
Chefaoui, R.M., Duarte, C.M., Serrão, E. 2018. Dramatic loss of seagrass habitat under projected climate change in the Mediterranean Sea. Global Change Biology 24: 4919-4928 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.14401
Bermejo R, Chefaoui R.M, Engelen AH, Buonomo R, Neiva J, Ferreira-Costa J, Pearson GA, Marbá N, Duarte CM, Airoldi L, Hernandez I, Guiry MD, Serrao EA (2018) Marine forests of the Mediterranean-Atlantic Cystoseira tamariscifolia complex show a southern Iberian genetic hotspot and no reproductive isolation in parapatry. Scientific Reports 8:10427; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-28811-1.
Buonomo R., Chefaoui, R.M., Bermejo, R., Engelen, A.H., Airoldi, L., Serrão, E.A. 2018. Predicted extinction of unique genetic diversity in marine forests of Cystoseira spp. Marine Environmental Research 138: 119-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.04.013
Chefaoui, R.M., Varela-Álvarez, E. 2018. Niche conservatism and spread of seaweed invasive lineages with different residence time in the Mediterranean Sea. Biological Invasions 20: 423-435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1544-8
Chefaoui, R.M., Casado-Amezúa, P. & Templado, J. 2017. Environmental drivers of distribution and reef development of the Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa. Coral Reefs 36: 1195–1209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1611-8
Lourenço, C.R., Nicastro, K.R., McQuaid, C.D., Chefaoui, R.M., Assis, J., Taleb, M.Z., & Zardi, G.I. 2017. Evidence for rangewide panmixia despite multiple barriers to dispersal in a marine mussel. Scientific Reports 7(1):10279. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-10753-9
Chefaoui, R.M. & Serrão E.A. 2017. Accounting for uncertainty in predictions of a marine species: integrating population genetics to verify past distributions. Ecological Modelling 359: 229-239. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380016304215
Chefaoui, R.M., Duarte, C.M., Serrão, E. 2017. Palaeoclimatic conditions in the Mediterranean explain genetic diversity of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows. Scientific Reports 7(1), 2732. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-03006-2
Chefaoui, R.M., Assis J., Duarte C.M., Serrão E. 2016. Large-scale prediction of seagrass distribution integrating landscape metrics and environmental factors: the case of Cymodocea nodosa (Mediterranean-Atlantic). Estuaries and Coasts 39: 123-137. DOI:10.1007/s12237-015-9966-y
Chozas, S., Chefaoui, R. M., Correia, O., Santos, A. M., & Hortal, J. 2023. Geographical shifts in the successional dynamics of inland dune shrub communities. Ecology and Evolution, 13(2), e9828. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.9828
Chefaoui, R.M. 2021. Seasonal variations of waterbird ecological networks under different saltpans management. Ecological Informatics 64: 101364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101364
Chefaoui, R.M., Chozas, S. 2019. Abandonment of traditional saltworks facilitates degradation of halophytic plant communities and Carpobrotus edulis invasion. Applied Vegetation Science 22:444-453. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/avsc.12436
Chozas, S., Chefaoui, R.M., Correia, O., Bonal R., Hortal J. 2017. Environmental niche divergence among three dune shrub sister species with parapatric distributions. Annals of Botany 119: 1157–1167. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcx004
Chefaoui, R.M., Chozas, S., Correia, O., Santos, A. M. C., and Hortal, J., 2016. Using niche models of indicator species to predict the distribution of xerophytic shrub dune communities. Web Ecology 16: 47-49, doi:10.5194/we-16-47-2016. URL: http://www.web-ecol.net/16/47/2016/
Chefaoui, R.M. 2014. Landscape metrics as indicators of coastal morphology: A multiscale approach. Ecological Indicators 45: 139-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.04.004
Chefaoui, R.M., Lobo, J.M. and Hortal, J. 2011. Effects of species’ traits and data characteristics on distribution models of threatened invertebrates. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 34(2): 229-247. http://www.raco.cat/index.php/ABC/article/view/248916
Chefaoui, R.M. and Lobo, J.M. 2008. Assessing the effects of pseudo-absences on predictive distribution model performance. Ecological Modelling 210: 478-486. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.08.010
Chefaoui, R.M. and Lobo, J.M. 2007. Assessing the conservation status of an Iberian moth using pseudo-absences. Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 2507-2516. https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2193/2006-312
Chefaoui, R.M., Hortal, J. and Lobo, J.M. 2005. Potential distribution modelling, niche characterization and conservation status of Iberian Copris species in central Spain. Biological Conservation 122: 327-338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon. 2004.08.005
Hortal, J., Borges, P.A.V., Dinis, F., Jiménez-Valverde, A., Chefaoui, R.M., Lobo, J.M., Jarroca, S., Azevedo, E.B., Rodrigues, C., Madruga, J., Pinheiro, J., Gabriel, R., Cota Rodrigues, F., and Pereira, A.R. 2005. Using ATLANTIS – Tierra 2.0 and GIS environmental information to predict the spatial distribution and habitat suitability of endemic species. In A list of the terrestrial fauna (Mollusca and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) from the Azores (ed by P.A.V. Borges, R. Cunha, R. Gabriel, A.F. Martins, L. Silva and V. Vieira), pp. 69-113. Direcção Regional do Ambiente and Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Angra do Heroísmo and Ponta Delgada. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/1911.
Chefaoui, R.M., Hosseinzadeh, M.S., Mashayekhi, M., Safaei-Mahroo, B., Kazemi, S.M. 2018. Identifying suitable habitats and current conservation status of a rare and elusive reptile in Iran. Amphibia-Reptilia 39: 355-362. doi: 10.1163/15685381-17000185. https://brill.com/view/journals/amre/39/3/article-p355_9.xml?rskey=Xv4Gqb&result=2
Madeira, P.M., Chefaoui, R.M., Cunha, R.L., Moreira, F., Dias, S., Calado, G., Castilho, R. 2017. High unexpected genetic diversity of a narrow endemic terrestrial mollusc. PeerJ 5:e3069 https://peerj.com/articles/3069/